Michael E. Generalifood as medicine
June 14th 2007 01:54
Today we I will talk about food as medicine. I have a tonne of unqualified advice I am currently taking, and if you manage to wade through the myths and legends of medicine food and what the doubters say and the believers preach you will most likely get to the point I am at where you know all food is medicine you just need to balance it and you will be ok.
The theory in essence can be demonstrated by what ive been told happens at a lot of Chinese tables every mealtime. An array of dishes are served all of which have properties that rid damp of spleen or cool the liver (the exact meaning of these terms I will not guess at) but the table is not piled high with concoctions and foul smelling herbs, it has a regular family meal and through an education as to how the individual dishes make the family members feel they will take a bit of this and a bit of that and a no thankyou to that. You of course have to remember that Chinese culture has had a long time to get it right, but the lesson is simple, that for the most part, everything you put into your body has an effect, and if you can intuitively eat what you need when you need it, then your instance of illness can only decrease. So with this as a guide I set out to awaken my intuition. Harder then it sounds when for years your has been any number of ingrained habits taught through advertising and other forms of misinformation. So I start at the very beginning, break fast,. My habit for many years has been a take it or leave one to morning meals, this of course is not wise so I have experimented with a number of things. The yogurt and muesli came out better then the coffee and cigarette, and tea and toast better than bourbon and beer nuts. On the whole I tracked my mood and product ability and came out in front whenever I had a hearty some times 2 course breaky with tea. Now I talked about the 5 veg and 2 fruit yester day the other important thing to do is have a broad range of colours (a fact supported by Chinese medical practitioners also) this ensures you get a range of vitamins and minerals as these are the very things that effect the colours of the fruit. For instance beet root is high in iron ( red and green veg as a rule of thumb usually contain iron) oranges vitamin c and spinach has quite bit of calcium in it. A diet I read about once was pretty much water spinach and oranges. The vitamin c from the oranges supported a lot of the bodies needs, while the spinach provided calcium, roughage and iron. Between these two apparently most basic elements are taken care of and as the major part of a raw food diet it can be very good for you. The major draw back of this diet is that in order to get the energy needs and to balance it you would have to eat in excess of 1.5 kilos of spinach. I think that may be a large ask for the most staunchly stubborn vegan, you would be eating most of the day just to keep up. With a bit of research any ones diet can be tweaked to be health. A bit less of this a bit more of that and some replacement of some less healthy staples can make the world of difference. 2 appointments with a nutritionist or dietician makes a huge difference as in stead of fitting around a pre fab diet that can be restrictive and also be a complete change from what you have in your cupboard, get personal advice so to take into account the good things you are often doing already.
The theory in essence can be demonstrated by what ive been told happens at a lot of Chinese tables every mealtime. An array of dishes are served all of which have properties that rid damp of spleen or cool the liver (the exact meaning of these terms I will not guess at) but the table is not piled high with concoctions and foul smelling herbs, it has a regular family meal and through an education as to how the individual dishes make the family members feel they will take a bit of this and a bit of that and a no thankyou to that. You of course have to remember that Chinese culture has had a long time to get it right, but the lesson is simple, that for the most part, everything you put into your body has an effect, and if you can intuitively eat what you need when you need it, then your instance of illness can only decrease. So with this as a guide I set out to awaken my intuition. Harder then it sounds when for years your has been any number of ingrained habits taught through advertising and other forms of misinformation. So I start at the very beginning, break fast,. My habit for many years has been a take it or leave one to morning meals, this of course is not wise so I have experimented with a number of things. The yogurt and muesli came out better then the coffee and cigarette, and tea and toast better than bourbon and beer nuts. On the whole I tracked my mood and product ability and came out in front whenever I had a hearty some times 2 course breaky with tea. Now I talked about the 5 veg and 2 fruit yester day the other important thing to do is have a broad range of colours (a fact supported by Chinese medical practitioners also) this ensures you get a range of vitamins and minerals as these are the very things that effect the colours of the fruit. For instance beet root is high in iron ( red and green veg as a rule of thumb usually contain iron) oranges vitamin c and spinach has quite bit of calcium in it. A diet I read about once was pretty much water spinach and oranges. The vitamin c from the oranges supported a lot of the bodies needs, while the spinach provided calcium, roughage and iron. Between these two apparently most basic elements are taken care of and as the major part of a raw food diet it can be very good for you. The major draw back of this diet is that in order to get the energy needs and to balance it you would have to eat in excess of 1.5 kilos of spinach. I think that may be a large ask for the most staunchly stubborn vegan, you would be eating most of the day just to keep up. With a bit of research any ones diet can be tweaked to be health. A bit less of this a bit more of that and some replacement of some less healthy staples can make the world of difference. 2 appointments with a nutritionist or dietician makes a huge difference as in stead of fitting around a pre fab diet that can be restrictive and also be a complete change from what you have in your cupboard, get personal advice so to take into account the good things you are often doing already.
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